The U (documentary, Miami Hurricanes)

[sleazure]

http://www.rakontur.com/the-u/

This was on TSN Saturday. Great story, lots of good interviews. It's sure to play again. Watch for it.

What happens when a private white college starts handing out football scholarships to talented local ghetto kids?

They started winning championships and earning millions for the school, which was welcome, while the players just keep on being themselves, which the school administration wasn't very comfortable with. The NCAA rewrote the rulebook in an effort to tame these guys down.

"Bennie Blades, Melvin Bratton, Alonzo Highsmith, Michael Irvin, Bernie Kosar, Santana Moss, Brett Perriman, Jeremy Shockey and former head coaches Dennis Erickson,Jimmy Johnson and Howard Schnellenberger are among the 38 program insiders who were interviewed about what propelled Miami to the top and kept it there as the brash, controversial team its competition loved to hate."

 

[Aardvark154]

http://www.rakontur.com/the-u/

This was on TSN Saturday. Great story, lots of good interviews. It's sure to play again. Watch for it.

What happens when a private white college starts handing out football scholarships to talented local ghetto kids?

They started winning championships and earning millions for the school, which was welcome, while the players just keep on being themselves, which the school administration wasn't very comfortable with. The NCAA rewrote the rulebook in an effort to tame these guys down.

"Bennie Blades, Melvin Bratton, Alonzo Highsmith, Michael Irvin, Bernie Kosar, Santana Moss, Brett Perriman, Jeremy Shockey and former head coaches Dennis Erickson,Jimmy Johnson and Howard Schnellenberger are among the 38 program insiders who were interviewed about what propelled Miami to the top and kept it there as the brash, controversial team its competition loved to hate."

Another important question is how many of the players graduated, and how many of those had real degrees and were employable (as opposed to having a B.A. in Applied Macrame). Presumably some of them became NFL or CFL players, but when the music stopped were those who did able to do anything else?

 

[sleazure]

Such a serious question, certainly a valid point. Sport scholarships everywhere seem to have that problem.

Don't let it stand in the way of a little bit of fun. This pic is pure hero-worship. It only shows the success stories.